Traditionally when people talk about melting ice in the Arctic, it is a cause for great concern and considered another symptom of global warming. However, Scandinavian tanker companies believe that with the ice melting, new sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans could be opened up, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/05/melting-arctic-ice-supertankers?newsfeed=true">saving time, money </a><em>and</em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/05/melting-arctic-ice-supertankers?newsfeed=true"> emissions</a>.
Supertankers, that transport oil, cars and other products, famously produce large quantities of CO2 (it is estimated that worldwide shipping currently accounts for more than <a href="http://www.cisoilgas.com/article/could-lng-be-the-shipping-fuel-of-the-future/">3 percent of all annual global emissions</a>), but receding Arctic ice could change that....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/could-a-new-shipping-route-through-the-arctic-reduce-global-emissions/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Traditionally when people talk about melting ice in the Arctic, it is a cause for great concern and considered another symptom of global warming. However, Scandinavian tanker companies believe that with the ice melting, new sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans could be opened up, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/05/melting-arctic-ice-supertankers?newsfeed=true">saving time, money </a><em>and</em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/05/melting-arctic-ice-supertankers?newsfeed=true"> emissions</a>.
Supertankers, that transport oil, cars and other products, famously produce large quantities of CO2 (it is estimated that worldwide shipping currently accounts for more than <a href="http://www.cisoilgas.com/article/could-lng-be-the-shipping-fuel-of-the-future/">3 percent of all annual global emissions</a>), but receding Arctic ice could change that....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/could-a-new-shipping-route-through-the-arctic-reduce-global-emissions/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Traditionally when people talk about melting ice in the Arctic, it is a cause for great concern and considered another symptom of global warming. However, Scandinavian tanker companies believe that with the ice melting, new sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans could be opened up, saving time, money and emissions.
Supertankers, that transport oil, cars and other products, famously produce large quantities of CO2 (it is estimated that worldwide shipping currently accounts for more than 3 percent of all annual global emissions), but receding Arctic ice could change that....